Lester
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning from Leicester; the Roman fort.
Babies a year
85
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Lester by the numbers
Lester was given to 85 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 3,229 babies in 1918, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
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